I am on my first month of alesse, so I guess my body isn't quite used to it yet, and i'm not exactly sure what's normal and what isn't as far as having my period while on this pill goes...

Basically, I started spotting about 5 days or so before I was to begin taking the green placebo pills (i am on the 28 day pack). Nothing major, not extremely bothersome or anything, and I noticed the spotting would stop a few hours after my daily dose (taken at supper time). I knew that spotting was a possible side effect, so this didn't concern or really bother me in the least.

When I began taking the green placebo pills (i now have two left), it seemed as if my period just didn't want to fully happen, I guess (usually it is light on day one, heavy on days 2 and 3, and then light for another 2 days). Basically, i've just been having an extremely light, continuous flow (not much heavier than the previous spotting) with a lot of cramping (before the pill, my cramps were not this bad).

So I guess my questions are, is it normal to have such an extremely light flow while on this pill? Because I know that it is possible to become pregnant, and still have a light flow, so I am becoming slightly paranoid about this (although I took every pill at the same time of the day, within a half hour time frame, and never missed one - also used a backup method for the first seven days of taking the pill, like it said in the information pamphlet). Does anyone else have any experience with alesse??

Thanks for any input...